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LMAOOOO THEY’RE SO MAD
30 upvotes, 13 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "LMAOOOO THEY’RE SO MAD"
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Anonymous 10w

For those who need context: the CBC has decided to no longer use the word “terrorism” in reporting unless directly quoting someone. The reason being that they believe news is supposed to be as objective in their reporting by as possible, and what people define as terrorism can often be a very subjective definition

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Anonymous 10w

Bombing a girls school in Iran is also an act of terrorism

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Anonymous 10w

Republicans are also terrorists

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Anonymous 10w

I don’t think the word “terrorism” has ever been used in a non-manipulative context. Huge w for Canada.

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Anonymous 10w

bring back being politically incorrect istg. we need to understand the gravity of the situation not sugar coat it.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

This is why I am a big fan of dark woke bc if conservatives aren’t going to be sympathetic to a polite pushback, then that pushback should no longer be polite

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

Every word demonstrably true

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

I’m ngl that’s really dumb

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

there’s a group in the UK that painted on military planes that got designated as terrorists as a direct result of them doing that like, even if you don’t agree with them or whatever, that’s not exactly bombing a building. The word has lost all meaning.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 10w

we have people in the US peacefully protesting that the government is calling terrorists we have people doing crime (trafficking drugs) that are called narco-terrorists because it fits the administration’s current political agenda to drum up political goodwill from extrajudicially murdering them if people want news organizations to use that word, they need to be able to use it correctly.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 10w

Trvke

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 10w

The word hasn’t lost meaning at all. The credibility of some of the people using it has

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 10w

I do feel that the solution to this is the news using it correctly though and not just stopping using it. This just cedes all of the semantic power to whoever they quote and doesn’t provide a meaningful pushback to false accusations of terrorism in the case of sit-ins, graffiti, etc.

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